Irish clobber Marquette

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Tulyah Gaines scored a season-high 22 points, Lindsay Schrader added 17 and No. 16 Notre Dame took control with a 21-1 run midway through the first half to beat Marquette 99-76 in the Big East on Wednesday night.

Krystal Ellis scored 13 points as Marquette (13-11, 5-6) jumped to an early 23-17 lead on 10-of-15 shooting. But the Fighting Irish (19-5, 7-3) switched to a box-and-1 defense, with Gaines guarding Ellis, and the Golden Eagles went more than nine minutes without a basket. Ellis took just 1 shot the rest of the half.

Seven players scored for Notre Dame during the run as the Irish, who opened a 38-24 lead on a layup by Gaines, made 8 of 11 shots. The run came with Notre Dame's leading scorer, Charel Allen, sitting on the bench with 2 fouls.

Marquette, which bounced back from a 19-point deficit against Cincinnati last week, trailed 45-31 at halftime. The Golden Eagles closed to 13 points early in the second half, but the Irish quickly answered with a 7-0 run.

The Irish, who led by as many as 32, didn't make a basket in the final 3:58 as they failed to become the first team in 13 years to break 100 against Marquette.

Allen added 13 points, and the Irish shot a season-high 64 percent. Marquette had not allowed an opponent to shoot better than 49 percent this season.

Ellis led Marquette with 18 and Courtney Weibel added 14. The Golden Eagles, who fell to 1-4 against ranked opponents, have lost three of their last four.

The Irish have won 16 straight against Marquette at the Joyce Center since their last loss in 1980. Notre Dame leads the series 28-7.